Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided October 4, 1961No. 592-57PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITAKER, Judge.
Plaintiff sues the defendant in the first count of its petition for freight charges admittedly due and unpaid. In the second count it sues for damages it suffered as the result of the explosion of tanks of anhydrous ammonia, a part of an ice plant, which it was transporting for defendant from Ogden, Utah, to Seattle, Washington.
On August 21, 1951, defendant delivered to plaintiff, a common carrier, a shipment of Government freight described on the bill of lading as “12 Bx Machinery NOIBN 1 (ice plant)”, for shipment by rail from Ogden, Utah, to Seattle, Washington. The…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commissioner v. SunnenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Thompson Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lowe v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1988
- William A. Smith Contracting Co. v. Missouri Pacific RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1972
- Hopson v. TriplettDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1974
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